Oil-stove.



W. W. JEAVONS 6'1 A. R. WHITAKER-L OIL sfovz. APPLICATION FILED AUGML 1914.

Willi-LIAM It. JEAVONS A'RNGIJID R. WHIT'IA KER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented JulyE, l'tlilte.

Application filed August 4, 1914 Serial No.'855,045.

To all e'e'howt'it'hm i concern:

it knovvn t-l'lait we, WVILLIAM R. Jnnvoiqs, (2) ARNOLD 'Wm'r'rixirnn, citi- Zens of the llnited'tatmtes, residing at Cleve land, in the county of Cu a-hoga and State of @h'io, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Stoves, of which the following is a full, clear, ande'X'aet description, reference being had to the accompanying drm'vings.

This invention relates to burners, and more particularly to the hurners 'ofoil heating stoves wherein 'a wick is employed. The inven'tion, more specifically, resides in 'a novel construction of gallery and in certain cooperating features of construction of the gallery, :the wink tubes, and the heating drum which is located above the gallery and the burner; Further and more limited objects of the invention will appear herein after in connection with the detailed description of the parts illustrated in the drawii'rg. p

Referring to the drawing forming part hereof, Figure 1"represents a view, partly in section and partly in el'e' "fit-i011, of an oil heater of the "type known to the trade as smokeless heaters and 2 is a view, partly iusetion and "partly in perspective of the gallery which is employed in connection with said heater.

The heater illustrated herein is of the type wherein Wick tubes project upwardly from the central portion of a reservoir, which is mounted within a stove base or base ring, the stove drum being hinged to the stove base through an extended bottom or cone plate Which is open at the center tO'HClIHlt the upper nd ot the air distributer and "the flame burning froin the top or "the Wick, there being a collar depending from the central openingof this plate and adapted to engagetheftop'fof the gallery, which is preferably mounted ontop of the reservoir and surrounds the outer wv-i'clr tube.

It has been tt'oi'ind desirahleto make the gallery easily removable and to provide with an inwardly projecting trough which is adapted to substantially contact with the outer. ivick tube, whereby any particles fallingin the space "between the outside of the-outer Wick tube and thegallerymay be caught and retained until. such time as it is desired to 'relnovethe gallei" when the particles or other material may be conveniently removed front-he gallery by merely invert ing the same. Among the particles thus liable to 'l' all Within this space and accumulate on top of the reservoir are the carbonized portions of the avid: which are liberated in considerable quantity Whenever the top of the wickis rubbed to even and clean the same. However, it frequently happens that the operator, in replacing gallery having the trough ireferrec'l' to, will invert the gallery, with the result that the inwardly projecting trough will "block "the flow of air through the perforations of the gallery then therebe'neath to the exterior of the flame, resultingin imperiec't combustion, with consequent evolution of smoke and the "possibilities of even more serious consequences. It is a further object"ol this invention to provide a gallery construction which is applicable to a stove of the type referred to, which Will. secure the advan tages referred to and which, should the op erator invert the same, will (obviously to the operator) prevent the stove drum from occupying a proper relation to the parts therebeneath and particularly will prevent the e11gageine1it'( tthe latch members vvhieh fasten the drum until the gallery is placed iuits proper position.

In the drawing forming part hereof, 1 denotes the stove base, the'saiine being shown as a ring having legs 2 and having suitable means, as inwardly projecting segmental flanges 3, for supporting the reservoir 4. Although the reservoir may he supported in any approved manner Within the stove base, We have shown the top of the reservoir as provided with a 'flange 5 which is adapted to be supported by upwardly proj ecting bosses 6 on the segmental flanges 3 a construction described and cl'aimed in our copending application No. August 4, 1914.

The reservoir fisof the type shown in the aforesaid application, being shallow and having an extended substantially horizontal top 7. The reservoir isprovidedwith a cen- 855,044, filed tral opening for the outer wick tube 8 the inner Wick tube These tubes prefer ably extend completely 'tliroug'hfthe reservoir and project above and below the'sa'me,

Projecting upwardly from the top of the inner Wick tube is the air distrihuter 10,

which may be of any approved type, such, for instance, as disclosed in the patent to Wm. B. Jeavons No. 906,887. Above the reservoir is located the drum 11, said drum being secured to a bottom or cone plate 12, the portion of which within the drum is of frusto-conical shape and is provided with a central opening. The portion of the cone plate outside of the drum projects clownthere depends a collar 16. The body of this collar is substantially cylindrical, but is pro vided at its lower end with an outwardly flaring skirt comprising an outwardly projecting portion 17, a downwardly projecting portion 18, and an outwardly and downwardly flaring portion 19. ThlS skirt cooperates with the top of the gallery, will now be described:-

The top of the reservoir, adjacent to the wick tube 8, is formed into a substantially horizontal annulus, indicated at 20, and the metal of the reservoir bounding the outer edge ofthis annulus is preferably inclined outwardly, as shown at 21. The gallery which we employ comprises a substantially cylindrical wall 22, the upper edge whereof is bent outwardly and downwardly to form an inverted U, as shown at 23. The metal forming the bottom portion of the cylindrical wall is bent outwardly and downwardly to provide a flange 241, which may be of the same inclination as the inclined surface 21. A sheet metal annulus is connected to the flange 2 L by having its outer edge portion bent therearound, as shown at 2 1,

thebottom of the outer portion of said annulus contacting with the flange 24:, as shown at 2 1 The annulus extends horizontally inwardly from the bottom of the wall 22, forming a'bottom 25 for the trough ,(tobe described hereinafter) and a means which and the bottom row of perforations in the wall 22.

The parts will be so constructed that the gallery will be practically centered by means of the engagement of the inner edge of the flange 26 with the outer wick tube, and the parts will be so proportioned that, when the drum is swung downwardly upon its hinge and latched to the stove base, the top of the gallery will be in substantial engage ment with the outwardly projecting flange 17 of the collar 16. It will be evident that any matter that may drop within the space between the vertical wall 22 of the gallery and the outer wick tube will be collected within the inwardly projecting trough can ried by and forming part of the gallery. It will also be evident that, when the drum is unlatched and swung back upon its hinge, the gallery may be lifted from its seat, the matter within the trough removed, and the gallery conveniently replaced.

In the event that the operator should invert the gallery, it will be evident that the inwardly projecting trough will then extend above the perforations in the gallery and will block the flow of air through these perforations to the outer portion of the flame, with corresponding detriment to the combustion and the possibility of serious consequences. To prevent the stove from being operated with the gallery thus inverted, the outwardly projecting flange is provided. Through the provision of this flange (which is laterally extended to prevent it from entering the skirt which depends from the collar 16) it will be impossible for the operator to close the drum, the flange engaging the collar and preventing the drum from closing to an extent that will permit the latch member to cooperate. Only by removing the gallery and placing it in proper position can the drum be closed. In other words, as long as it is possible to close the drum, the operator will know that the gallery is in proper position to perform its usual functions and the additional functions due to its peculiar construction and environment; when it is impossible to close the drum, the operator will know that the gallery has been inverted and will have to remove it and restore it to proper position before the stove can be operated.

The depending skirt 18 forms in eflect a telescopic connection with the top of the gallery 22. This accommodates any irregularity that may arise through imperfect assembling of the parts; it also accommodates variations in the positions of the bot tom of the collar and the top of the gallery, due to the expansion and contraction of the cone plate by which the collar is carried. lVhen this plate expands, through the heating operation, the tendency is to elevate the collar. The telescoping connection between ermee be varied or 'cl'epttrted froin esdesirable, butv without fleeting the invention covered hereby; and We do not proposeto be li lnited to such details of con'struetie'n except asthey may be positively included in the elachns hereto annexed or their inclusion may be rendered necessary by the'prio'r state of'the art.

Having thus described our invention, What We claim is 1. ln wst'o've of 'tl-Iecha ra-cter c'lescribed. the combination of a reservoir, an innerand an outer wick tube projecting a' hovc same, a drum pivota ll' supported w v spect to said reservoir, :1 gallery remove mounted about'the outer-winktube, aoo wr depending froint'he drum mi l-=u htpted"t engage the top' of the gallery, *and means holding the drum ont of op 1 the 'rehttiou to the parts therebenezttl-i 'in "the event "that the gallery in inverted.

2. In astove of the ehariioter described,

the combination of a reservoir, an inner-land an outer Wick "tube projeeting"thereabo-we, a drum movable with res ect to said reservoir and having an annular bottom plz i'te, a-"pair of hutch 'in'enibers for operative relation to the reservoir and wiek tubes, a gallery "reinovably rnounted ztb'out the outer Wick tube, a "collar depending from the opening in the b'ottom fphtte eoe emttng With the top of the whereby the latch inenibers ii-re kep't out of engitgement in the "event that' the gu ller-y is inverted. r

3. In a "stove of the character described, the .combinzttion of i a reservoinmn inner 'il'll'tl an outer Wick tube proj eeting' -above sanie, a drum fpi'votelly 1' supported with re speet to the reservoir, 3pttl'1 o'f latch ni'enr bers adapted to fseeu re the driui1 in '-closed position above the reservoir, *rernovzibl'e gallery n'10'unted oii tsid'ethe outer wick:- "be.

an annular bottom plate for 'the drmn hav ing a central opening, a roller "depending from said central ol'ieiiing an'dathipteid to substantially engage the top of the" griilery when the druin is l'atohed, and projection on the bottom of the galleryi'vv ich, when the gall'ery is inverted, is ad'itptd' to engage in operative rl holdin the drum in gallery, and means the saiclxooller before the latch members :1 re

a-tion to each other.

' Illitt etm-e oi the olurraeter described, thecohibilnrtion out it reservoir, an inner and an outer wick tube projecting above the same, a drum l lmv't bl'e with respect to the reservoir, hfpnir "of latch members adapted to secure the drlun in closed position nbove the reservoir, a rob-lovable i gallery mounted about the outer wick tube, a collar curried by the dr rinl and a'dnpted to st'lhstunitiallg emerge -"the=to p the gel l erv "when the d r u in is littered, and n projection on the bottom otthe gallery which, whenthergallery'isinvet-ted, ishdhpted to en; ge the said collar bel o' re he latch nieml'iers are in o ieru'live relation to each other.

In a stove of the ohm-actor described, the combination of a reservoir, an inner and an ontertviielr tube pnojeeting Above the reservoir, :1 drum {pivotnl'ly supported W h respect to the reservoir, latch members for securing the drum in closed position ab 'e the reservoiry the drum being" pro vi cled wi l'h fl tl l llr-"ll llu"bfithmlll te lnu'ingfan opening, acollhrdepenir frem the said openingand l vingr at its lower :end a depending skirt of greater daiiun eiter thunthe bod y of the oollar, a gallery --1:ernovztb 1iv mounted about the 0111 t v impelend mtn diameter ito be oxerhung'by s'wid sli ll't "nnd'having ut iits' luottoin an outwardly proj eeti n g flange of greater din-n1- eter t-hwnthe inner .diwzneter of said skirt whereby the *htteh enelnbers "cannot "be engu g ed in the event that the gallery is inverted.

96.111 n :etove "of he blurracter described, the ooi nbihetien of a-i reservo an inner 'un d aneuternviekttube p'roj ecti-ng above thereservoirge rtruin pivo ally supported with respect to the ireservoir, Fletch members for securing thedriunr in reloeed ipositionlztbove the reservoir, ltl-re-drrun being provided with en mnnule-r botteni coll "depending from t-hevszti d opening and s lower end an outwardly projeeting skirt, a -grtllery rernovably mounted about{the outer Wiek tube aztndihwving "an bid o at idiznneter to be overlning by having itsbottoin of :greater cliitnieter shirt whereby the luteh members cannot be engeged "inthe'eveht that the gallery is Sinveij'te'd.

7 "thanoilstoveg the coinbinatioirof areservoir, in innerend an outer WlCk tube-projeeting tlierezibove, a drnmvpivotally mounted with respect to the-reservoir end lmving an annular 'bottonnplate, a collar depending from the opening in said plat-e a pair of luteh members for securing the drum in i (mp-- 'erittive" relation to the reservoir, a gelleryre mevebly inolintedebout the outer wick tube and 'heving-et its-bottom hi1 inwardly pr0 with w wick tube and thriving inn plate i hinvinng an opening, 1e

hen the Winner Sdiz'uneter of said lllll lllilh lllllh jeoting trough, and cooperatin means carried by the galleryand the collar whereby the latch members-are-kept out of operative relation to each other in the -event:that the gallery is inverted, r

8. Inan oil stove, the combination of a reservoir, an inner and an outer wick tube projecting there'above, .a drum wpivotally mounted with respect tothe reservoir, a collar depending from the drum, a gallery removably mounted about the outer wick tube and having at its bottom an inwardly projecting plate, and cooperatingZ means carried bythe gallery and the collar iwhereby the drum is held out of operative relation to the parts therebeneathshould the gallery be inverted. s

9. In an oil stove, the combination of a reservoirhaving an inner and an outer wick tube, a drum pivotally mounted with respect to said reservoir, a pair of latch members adapted to retain the drum in operative. relation, to'the reservoir and wick tubes, an annular bottom plate forthe, drum, a. collar dependingfrom the central-opening in said plate and having at its bottom'a. depending skirt of greater diameter than the body of the collar, and a gallery removably mounted about the outer wick'tube and having an inwardly projecting trough at its bottom the inner periphery whereof is adapted to engage the outer wick-tube, the upper end of said gallery being of a diameter to fit within the depending skirt of the collar and the bottom of the gallery having an outwardly projecting flange of greater diameter than-the inner diameter of said skirt.

10. 'In an oil'stove, the'eombinationof a reservoir havingan inner and an outer wick tube, a drum pivotallymounted with respect to said reservoir, a collar depending from the .drum, and a gallery removably mounted about'theouter wick tube andhaving an inwardly projecting bottom plate,.theupper end of said gallery being of adiameterto cooperate with said collar-and the bottom of the: gallery, having a, projection adapted to engage the collar whenithe gallery is'inverted and hold the drumout of operative relation to the parts therebeneath.

11. In an oil stove," the combination of a reservoir, aninner and Fan outer wick tube projecting thereabove, a drum pivotally supported withrespeot to the reservoir, latch members for securing the drum in operative relation to the wick tubes and the reservoir,

an annular bottomzvplate within, the lower, portion ofgthez drum, a collarlr depending" from the central aperture of said. plate", said 1 collar having at; its bottom :an 5 outwardly projecting flange and a skirt depending from said flange, a: gallery vremovably sup-- ported about the outer wick tube and havingits vertically extending (wall perforated, the perforated; area being; located ,above the bottom. of the gallery to provide an impertforate portion the'rebeneath and the gallery having at the bottom an outwardly projecting flange of greater diameter than the innerdiameter ofthe skirt and an inwardly projecting wall or flange having its inner edge .projected upwardly and adapted to engage the outer wick tube and to form with the bottom and the imperforate part of the outer wall of the gallery a trough, the upper end of the gallery being of a diameter to be received within collar.

12. In an oil stove, the combination of a reservoir, an inner and an outer wick tube projecting thereabove, a drum pivotally supported with respect to the reservoir, latch members for securing the drum in operative relation to the wick tubes and the reservoir, an annular bottom plate within the lower portion of the drum, a collar depending from thecent-ral aperture of said plate. a gallery.removably supported on top of the reservoir and having its vertically extending wall perforated, the perforated area being located above the bottom of: the gallery to provide an imperforate portion therebeneath and the bottom of the gallery being provided with an inwardly projecting wall or flange having its inner edge adapted to substantially engage the outer wick tube and to form with the bottom and the imperforated portion of the outer wall of the gallery a trough, the upper end of the gallery cooperating with the collar to control the supply of air to the outer portion of the flame, and means carried by the collar and the gallery and adapted to engage each other to hold the drum out of operative relation to the parts therebeneath should the gallery be inverted.

13.'In an oil stove, the combination of a reservoir, an inner and an outer wick tube projecting thereabove, a drum movable toward and from the reservoir, means for securing the drum in operative relation to the reservoir and the wick tubes, a galley removably mounted about the outer wick tube and having. at its bottom an inwardly projecting member, and cooperating means carried by the drum and the gallery for preventing the operation of such securing means when the gallery is inverted;

14- In an oil stove, the combination of a reservoir, an'imier and an outer wick tube projecting thereabove, a drum movable toward and from the reservoir, a gallery removably mounted about the outer wick tube and having at its bottom an inwardly projeeting member, and cooperating means carriedby. the drum and the gallery'for preventing the drum from being brought into thedepending skirt of the operative relation to the reservoir when the reservoir, a pair of wick tubes projecting thereabove, a drum movable toward and from the reservoir, a pair of locking members for securing the drum in operative relation to the wick tubes and the reservoir, a gallery removably mounted about the outer wick tube, and means whereby the locking members may not be brought into operative relation to each other in the event the gallery is inverted.

16. In an oil stove, the combination of a reservoir, a pair of wick tubes projecting thereabove, a drum movable toward and from the reservoir, a collar carried by the drum, a gallery removably mounted about the outer wick tube and adapted to form with the collar an air distributing device for the exterior of the flame, said collar and gallery being provided with means adapted to interengage to hold the drum out of op erative relation to the parts therebeneath when the gallery is inverted.

17. In an oil stove, the combination of a reservoir, a pair of wick tubes projecting thereabove, a drum movable toward and from the reservoir, air controlling means for the exterior of the flame produced above the Wick tubes, said air controlling means comprising acollar member carried by the drum, a gallery member removably mounted about the outer wick tube and having an inwardly projected bottom plate, said members being adapted to telescope the one with in the other when the gallery member is in proper relation to the collar member, and means preventing such telescoping action I when. the gallery is inverted, thereby to prevent the drum from occupying a proper relation to the parts thcrebeneath.

18. In an oil stove, the combination of a reservoir, a pair of wick tubes projecting thereabove, a drum movable toward and from the reservoir, said drum having an annular bottom, a collar depending from the opening in. the drum bottom, a gallery about the outer Wick tube, and a telescopic connection between the top of the gallery and the bottom of the collar, the space within the collar and the gallery surrounding the upper end of the outer wick tube being of substautially uniform diameter whereby a wide and free passageway is provided between the wick tube and the surrounding parts for the air entering through the gallery and a substantially air-excluding joint is' provided between the top of the gallery and the bottom of the collar notwithstanding variations in the vertical position of the bottom of the collar with reference to the top of the gallery.

19. In an oil stove, the combination of a reservoir, a pair of wicktubes projecting thereabove, a gallery member of substantially uniform diameter extending about the outer wick tube and having its upper end freely spaced therefrom, a drum movable toward and from the reservoir and having an annular bottom, and a collar member depending from the opening in said bottom, said members being provided, the one with a rounded end and the other with a skirt adapted to receive such rounded end, the space within the collar and the gallery surrounding the upper end of the outer wick tube being free and unobstructed whereby a substantially air-excluding joint is provided between the bottom of the skirt and the top of the gallery notwithstanding variations in the vertical positions of the skirt and of such rounded end.

In testimony whereof, we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence of two w1tnesses.

WILLIAM R. J'EAVONS. ARNOLD R. lVHITTAKER. Witnesses:

l. B. HULL, BRENNAN B. lVns'r.

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